If you zoom in, it seems that the lute has one or more carefully painted broken strings. She's not just holding the lute the wrong way round, but the lute itself is unplayable!
Martin On 8/5/09 13:55, "David van Ooijen" <davidvanooi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, <theoj89...@aol.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Sotheby's New York will be auctioning a Dutch painting of a theorbo & gamba >> >> >> (the woman doesn't appear to know how to hold a theorbo > > I'd call that a Dutch-head lute or possibly English theorbo, but > what's far more interesting: she's holding the instrument > left-handedly, right hand crossing all the diapassons, and is rather > in the way of the gentleman's bow. But the doggy knows what it's all > about: a pretty girl with a lute! > > Great painting, thanks for diverting my attention from tax paper > (nearly finished!) to something else. > > David > > > > > & there are interesting f-holes on the gamba) >> >> >> LOT 45 >> >> >> >> >> >> ADRIAEN VAN DER WERFF, EGLON HENDRICK VAN DER NEER >> >> >> ADRIAEN VAN DER WERFF, KRALINGEN-AMBACHT 1659 - 1722 ROTTERDAM; EGLON >> HENDRICK VAN DER NEER, AMSTERDAM CIRCA 1634 - 1703 DÜSSELDORF >> >> >> A LADY PLAYING THE LUTE AND A GENTLEMAN WITH A VIOLA DA GAMBA >> >> >> It can be seen at: >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=159539118 >> >> >> >> >> >> Estimated price 100,000 - 150,000 dollars US >> >> >> Good luck bidding! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> trj >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > >
